Ofcom investigates 34 porn sites over UK age verification

Ofcom explores four companies that run a total of 34 porn spaces as to whether they comply with new age control requirements.

On Friday, the regulator said that pornography and other adult content will start using “highly effective” tools to verify or estimate whether users are over 18 years of age.

However, ofcom says that some sites can ignore the new rules of some sites – designed to stop other contents of children who are deemed to be harmful by porn or deputies.

The official probes opened 8579 LLC, Avs Group Ltd, Kick Online Entertainment SA and Trendo Ltd, which says that more than nine million visitors came together on their sites.

“These companies were prioritized according to the risk of damage caused by the services they operate and the number of users,” Ofcom said in a press release on Thursday. He said.

The regulator is already investigating a series of platforms on similar doubts.

Previously opened the probes to the online message board 4chan and porn provider for the first time videos LLC In June.

Before that, official investigations launched Online suicide forumFile Sharing Services and A company called “finder” site.

“We expect to make more applications in the coming weeks and months in the coming weeks and months.” He said.

Technology Secretary Peter Kyle welcomed the announcement and said, “The Online Security Law went to the heart of what to do here”.

“These laws have nothing to do with censorship or policing adults who want to reach legal content,” he said.

He said: “There are no practical alternatives to play politics with child safety and to protect our children from the content they should never see – the content that may cause permanent, even fatal damage.”

Since age verification requirements came into force on Friday, people in the UK were asked to verify their age on various platforms, including Reddit and X social media platforms.

Spotify confirmed that on Wednesday, BBC, including other places, including Australia, as well as other places in the UK, to confirm their age if he reached 18+ music videos by installars.

He reacted from some of some of some of some of some of some of the sweeping rules, which see requirements as an concern of excessive access or potential privacy.

More than 400,000 people signed a petition that requested the abolition of the online security law – the law requiring age controls to stop the encounter with adult content.

The government said that there was no plan to withdraw the law in response.

Some have also criticized the effectiveness of Ofcom’s application of British age control requirements and potential survival using virtual private networks.

Applications that provide free VPNs – Applications that allow users to hide their online positions to access the web from a different location – Download free app on the Apple’s App Store download graphics After the rules entered into force on Friday.

Ofcom defended the measures as “silver bullets”, but said that they would help make the internet safer for children by reducing the chance to “stumble throughout porn”.